Frequently asked questions

Yes. Every feature is free, with no trial timer and no credit card.

iPhones running iOS 17 or later, and Android phones running Android 8.0 or later.

No, and there is no message limit. Ask as many questions as you want.

It works for beginners because the briefing explains its reasoning in plain language, but it is designed for anglers who already know how to fish. Wave period, gust spread, barometric trend, tide stage, and depth bands are all shown in full rather than simplified away.

Yes. There is an age assurance system with a minor mode that changes what is visible and what interactions are permitted. It is live in the app rather than planned.

Only as much as you choose to show. Every catch has its own location setting, picked on the log screen before it posts. Water body only names the water and moves the point well away from your spot, general area shows the right stretch of water without your pin, and exact shares the real location. Nobody can pay to see more than you chose, and accounts under 18 cannot share an exact pin at all.

Verified means the fish was shot live in the Cobia Camera, with the time and the spot locked in the moment the photo was taken. Imported means it came from your camera roll. Both fill your log and your Fishdex™, and both earn Strike Points. Only Verified catches count for Slams and crowns.

NOAA CO OPS tide stations, NOAA BlueTopo and CRM bathymetry, USGS water gauges, FWC seagrass and oyster habitat surveys, national weather and marine forecast feeds, a solunar engine, state regulation data, and catch history contributed by anglers.

It is survey derived and good enough to read structure and plan where to fish. It is not a navigational chart and you should never navigate by it. Use official charts and your own sounder for that.

Partly. Captures are stored locally and upload when you get back into coverage, and map tiles cache as you browse. Live layers like wind and radar need a connection to refresh.

Yes. A Bite is a short video of the cast and catch with a mystery reveal, and it counts toward species just like a photo catch.

On iPhones with a depth camera (LiDAR), Cobia measures the fish from the photo. Only a Verified catch earns the Measured label. Anything else is Estimated, and weight is always an estimate with a range. It is not an official measurement, and tournament directors set their own measuring rules.

No. Messaging is gated on the follow relationship, and the gate checks who follows you rather than who you follow.

Not in the feed. Brands can have profiles and post like any account, and local tackle shops appear on the map, but the feed is not an ad surface and lure recommendations are not for sale.

A set of species you have to catch at a specific place, with a GPS fence around it. Complete the list with verified catches inside the fence and the Slam is yours. Some Slams are statewide rather than tied to one spot.

The angler with the most verified catches at a given spot holds the crown there, displayed with the angler title they chose, for example Dock Boss of Juno Pier. It updates live and it can be taken from you.

605 species. Every species you land fills in with your own photo, your personal best, the conditions when you caught it, and the state record to chase.

No. Location powers your briefing, conditions, regulations, and the community features you opt into. The privacy policy is linked in the footer.

Snap a photo of a tackle shop receipt and Cobia reads the line items and adds every lure and piece of gear at once. You can also scan a UPC off the package or search a catalog of more than forty seven thousand lures.

The popular fishing apps keep their best features behind a subscription. Fishbrain Pro is $79.99 a year, and FishAngler VIP, Fishidy Premium and Fishing Points Premium are each $49.99 a year. In Cobia every feature is free, including the AI guide and depth contours. The comparison pages go feature by feature, with sources.

The app works wherever the underlying data sources reach, which is most of the United States. Coverage is deepest in South Florida where it was built and tested, and it improves on any water where anglers log catches.